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PHIL DI VECE, News Contributor Mon, 04/12/2021 - 7:30am
The affected area of Wiscasset’s downtown. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
A week after part of the outer wall collapsed, a construction team has been assessing damage to the Wawenock Block, a fixture of Wiscasset’s Main Street for more than a century. No one was injured when bricks from the second story came crashing down, covering the sidewalk April 3.
“We feel optimistic that the immediate public safety concerns have been addressed and abated. Given the original collapse, however, we’re keeping a very close eye on everything,” wrote Ralph Doering III of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the building’s owner. Doering’s statement was released Friday afternoon, April 9 in an email forwarded to Wiscasset Newspaper from Mark Robinson of MainePR. Robinson stated he is serving as spokesman for Doering.
No injuries reported after Wiscasset building’s brick façade crumbles
No one was injured when bricks peeled off the front of the 163-year-old Wawenock Block building at 67 Main Street, but what caused the collapse remains a mystery, said Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons.
The 163-year-old building at 67 Main Street lost pieces of its brick façade on Saturday and Sunday.
Photo courtesy of Dennis Simmons
Downtown Wiscasset storeowners, patrons and town officials are left with unanswered questions after pieces of a Main Street building’s brick façade crumbled on Saturday afternoon and again on Sunday.
No one was injured when bricks peeled off the front of the 163-year-old Wawenock Block building at 67 Main St., but what caused the collapse remains a mystery, Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons said on Monday.